Kenyan shilling slightly weaker ahead of New Year holiday

A fuel attendant handles Kenyan shilling notes at a petrol station in the capital Nairobi March 15, 2011. REUTERS/Noor Khamis

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling marginally weakened on Monday in thin volumes ahead of the New Year holiday, traders said. At 09.20 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 86.40/50 from Monday close of 86.30/50. "There has been very little activity in the morning and we don't expect any big movements today. But we shall see a lot of activity from Thursday," said Eric Gathecha, trader at I&M Bank. Kenyan markets will be closed on Wednesday for the New Year holiday............................Shilling spot rates.....................Shilling forward rates.......................Cross rates..................................Local contributors.......................Central Bank of Kenya Index.....................Kenyan Bonds contributor pages...............Treasury bill yields..................Central bank open market operations.........................Horizontal repo transactions,................Daily interbank lending rate.............................Kenya Bond pricing..................Real time Africa economic data ...........................African economic news .................................NSE-20 Share Index .................................NSE All Share Index ...........................FT NSE Kenya 15 Index .......................... FT NSE Kenya 25 Index SPEED GUIDES: